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A girl scout sells 3 boxes of cookies during week 1. She has a goal to sell twice as many cookies each week as she did the week before. If she succeeds in doing this during weeks 2, 3, 4, and 5, how many
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A girl scout sells 3 boxes of cookies during week 1. She has a goal to sell twice as many cookies each week as she did the week before. If she succeeds in doing this during weeks 2, 3, 4, and 5, how many boxes will she sell all together? a0

User Hristo Angelov
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If she wants to double the number of cookies she sells, then you just multiply by 2.

Week 1: 3 cookies
Week 2: 6 cookies
Week 3: 12 cookies
Week 4: 24 cookies
Week 5: 48 cookies

3+6+12+24+48 = 93.

All together, she sold 93 cookies.

Hope this helped! :)



User Peter Ritchie
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Week Two: 6 Boxes
Week Three: 12 Boxes
Week Four: 24 Boxes
Week Five: 48 Boxes

Final Answer: 96 Boxes
(Add them all together)
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